Grantham, Ontario (1891 census)
Grantham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,928. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5596641. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.176°N, 79.214°W.
Population
In 1891, Grantham had a population of 1,928: 986 male and 942 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,216 |
| 1861 | 3,956 |
| 1871 | 3,929 |
| 1881 | 2,218 |
| 1891 | 1,928 |
| 1901 | 1,941 |
| 1911 | 2,439 |
| 1921 | 4,412 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Grantham shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,928 total population, 986 males, 942 females, 686 married persons, 391 families, 343 married females, 343 married males, 98 widowed persons, 61 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,144 single persons under 18, 606 single males under 18, 538 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,926 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 390 houses, 390 occupied houses, 312 houses built of wood, 232 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 220 houses of 2 stories, 166 houses of 1 story, 62 houses built of brick, 53 houses of 5 rooms, 45 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 44 uninhabited houses, 29 houses of 4 rooms, 19 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses built of stone, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 99,812 pounds of homemade butter, 40,475 bushels of corn, 35,683 bushels of winter wheat, 34,458 bushels of turnips, 34,390 bushels of oats, 30,630 bushels of potatoes, 18,081 acres of land in farms, 17,083 acres of improved land in farms, 12,475 acres of farmland under crops, 11,920 bushels of barley, 9,164 chickens, 6,287 tons of hay, 3,915 acres of hay crops, 2,997 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,259 acres of wheat, 2,050 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,941 bushels of peas, 1,935 acres of oats, 1,611 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,511 swine, 1,270 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 998 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 972 other cattle, 884 cattle killed or sold, 862 acres of barley, 851 horses aged over 3 years, 822 milk cows, 670 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 575 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 475 sheep, 467 bushels of rye, 374 occupants of farms, 370 acres of potatoes, 363 sheep slaughtered or sold, 344 horses aged 3 years and under, 342 bushels of spring wheat, 275 farm occupants who own their land, 269 ducks, 250 geese, 165 bushels of beans, 151 turkeys, 139 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 125 bushels of buckwheat, 112 acres of turnips, 109 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 97 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 96 farm occupants who rent their land, 88 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 50, 40 other fowl, 32 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 employees on farms, 1 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Lillian Marietta Phelps | 1859–1920 | born here |
| Reuben Wells Leonard | 1860–1930 | died here |
| William James Fitzgerald | 1888–1926 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON088003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5596641
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantham_Township
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1891 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "Grantham, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/grantham-on088003-1891/.